The past year was ... peculiar for Netflix.
The streaming service had some massive hits ("Dahmer," "Stranger Things," "Inventing Anna") but also took some massive hits as its stock took a dive, its subscriber numbers stagnated, its decision-making was deeply questioned (ask "Glass Onion") and the entertainment bubble it started looks like it's ready to pop. Because, as it turns out, spending billions of dollars on new content and offering billions of dollars of old content while removing ways to actually monetize it isn't a functional business strategy. And turns out expecting subscriber and viewership growth to stay the same as when everyone was stuck at home with nothing else to do is comically ill-advised! We're learned a lot here today.
But hey, at least they've got some new movies and TV shows coming to the service in January!
Indeed, I hope your New Year's resolution is to watch more stuff, because the Big Red Streaming Monolith will have plenty to offer to start 2023 – including a bunch of originals such as the new sitcom spin-off "That '90s Show," a new season of "Ginny & Georgia," the Christian Bale-led mystery "The Pale Blue Eye" and a modern take on "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" called "You People" starring Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill.
Admittedly it's a fairly light slate of originals, but the real impressive selections – in a rarity these days – is the outside material filling up Netflix's library. Suit up, gentleminions, because "The Rise of Gru" will make its way to streaming in January – and speaking of summer blockbusters, while the smash "Top Gun: Maverick" has now landed on Paramount+, the sky-high original Tom Cruise hit will arrive on Netflix to start the year. Looking for some more throwback classics? Keep your eyes out next month for "Grease," "Fletch," the Eddie Murphy "Nutty Professor" films, "Reservoir Dogs," "Forrest Gump" and all five original "Rocky" movies as well.
As for more recent blockbusters, "King Kong" will roar onto the streaming service along with the Spielberg modern great "Minority Report" and the jump-worthy original "Conjuring." And considering it's awards season, Netflix has your Oscar marathons set with past notable nominees like "The Aviator," "Brokeback Mountain," "Closer," "Jerry Maguire" and "Road to Perdition." Plus, if you're a Milwaukee Film Festival fan, you might recognize this past year's opening night feature – the whimsical true crime tale "The Pez Outlaw" – amongst next month's offerings.
And that's just a few of the options coming to the Big Red Streaming Monolith in January. So with no further ado, here's the full list:
Jan. 1
"The Aviator"
"Barbershop 2: Back in Business"
"Blue Streak"
"Brokeback Mountain"
"The Burbs"
"Closer"
"The Conjuring"
"Daddy Day Care"
"Fletch"
"Forrest Gump"
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"
"Grease"
"I Know What You Did Last Summer"
"Jerry Maguire"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Kaleidoscope"
"King Kong"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Lady Voyeur"
"Leap Year"
"Life"
"Minority Report"
"National Security"
"New Amsterdam" season 1
"The Nutty Professor"
"The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps"
"Old Enough" season 2
"Parenthood"
"Reservoir Dogs"
"Resident Evil: Afterlife"
"Road to Perdition"
"Rocky"
"Rocky II"
"Rocky III"
"Rocky IV"
"Rocky V"
"Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"
"Survivor" season 18
"The Taking of Pelham 123"
"This Is 40"
"Top Gun"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
"Twins"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Way of the Househusband"
Jan. 4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "How I Became a Gangster"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Kings of the World"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Lying Life of Adults"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street"
Jan. 5
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Copenhagen Cowboy"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ginny & Georgia" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Woman of the Dead"
Jan. 6
"Love Island USA" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Mumbai Mafia: Police vs. the Underworld"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Pale Blue Eye"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Pressure Cooker"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Ultimatum: France" season 1 part 2
"The Walking Dead" season 11
Jan. 9
"Vinland Saga" season 2
Jan. 10
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Andrew Santino: Cheeseburger"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker"
Jan. 11
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Noise"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sexify" season 2
Jan. 12
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Vikings: Valhalla" season 2
Jan. 13
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Break Point"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Dog Gone"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sky Rojo" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Suzan & Freek"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Trial By Fire"
Jan. 17
"The Devil to Pay"
Jan. 19
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Khallat+"
"The Pez Outlaw"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "That '90s Show"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Women at War"
Jan. 20
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Bake Squad" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Bling Empire: New York"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Fauda" season 4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Mission Majnu"
"The Real World" season 28
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Represent"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sahmaran"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Shanty Town"
Jan. 23
"Minions: The Rise of Gru"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Narvik"
Jan. 24
"Little Angel" season 2
Jan. 25
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Against the Ropes"
"Begin Again"
Jan. 26
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Daniel Spellbound" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Record of Ragnarok" season 2
Jan. 27
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Kings of Jo'Burg" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Lockwood & Co."
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Snow Girl"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "You People"
Jan. 30
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Princess Power"
Jan. 31
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Cunk on Earth"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Pamela: A Love Story"
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.